Chapter 39 Righteousness and Evil
The red light swayed, and the two novice monks walked in with lanterns. The novice monk on the left, who was slightly taller, narrowed his eyes, looked left and right, and smiled, "Amitabha, so many women, they all took off their clothes, and I don't know which one is talking about?"
The little novice sighed: "Idiot! Liu Yuanwai likes the word "Bao" the most. Since he is the concubine of the Liu family, there must be a brand on his shoulders." He lifted up the lantern and illuminated them one by one along the wooden couch.
Xu Xuan was shocked. Could it be that these women were monks from Mount Emei to hide here for lust? He has admired Buddhism since he was a child. Although he heard some stories about lewd monks tarnishing their wives and daughters at home, he just regarded them as exaggerated words. Today, he personally heard them, and was shocked and angry, and still couldn't believe his ears.
The tall novice monk pinched a hand on a woman and said with a smile: "The concubines in the Liu family are all beautiful, and it would be a pity to let them go so quickly. Mr. Liu was eager to seek a child, so he asked the eldest brother to make up a reason, saying that if he wanted Guanyin to send her children, she would need to ask her to fast and recite scriptures in the east wing and stay for a while. When she gets bigger and then sends her back to the Liu family, wouldn't it be a joy?"
The little novice monk hummed and said, "Since Master Mingkong passed away, demons have been rampant in the mountains for several days. Mr. Liu heard that he was so scared that he was so scared that he would not stay more. The Liu Mansion donated the most of the donations from our White Lotus Temple, so it is natural that the abbot would not disobey his wishes. Do you think that they are those villagers and girls who can kidnap them at will, but if you get tired of playing, throw them in the cave?"
The tall novice monk smiled and said, "Those are medicine residues, and they will be thrown away after they are slaughtered. Of course, there is no pity. This girl is like Fujian rock tea, and she needs to be soaked several times to enjoy it. In my opinion, the abbot is probably afraid that the Tubo lamas would take a look at the women in the Liu family and make it difficult to clean up, so he followed the boat and sent them down the mountain."
While the two of them were looking for the lantern, they were talking none of them. Xu Xuan was so angry that he could hear the whole story behind the curtain.
It turned out that in order to practice the magic of "Happy Buddha" and other evil spirits, these thieves colluded with the Tubo lewd monks and captured all the beautiful women among the pilgrims into this secret room and used the incense to insult. The bones I just saw were the female corpse that was killed and discarded by them. I also remembered the female skeleton I saw in the Water Curtain Cave. According to this, it was probably the ones who were doing it.
Although Bailian Temple is not a large temple on Mount Emei, it is still a famous temple with great incense in Shu. Unexpectedly, it is a lewd cave that does everything!
Lin Lingsu sent a voice and sneered: "Boy, do you know who is the real evil demon now? These bald thieves under the guise of Buddha, kept saving all living beings, secretly cheating people of money, and lied to their wives and daughters. I don't know how many sins they have done! From the time I left this place to today, it's been sixty years since I really had a Buddha in Xitian, why didn't they bring down thunder and kill all these bald donkeys?"
Xu Xuan was naturally fond of fighting and was a little rebellious and extreme. Although he knew that Lin Lingsu hated all the Taoist and Buddhist sects to the core, these words were generalized and suspected of being sowed, but when he saw this, he still felt sad and itchy.
He thought to himself: "Not to mention that the White Lotus Temple has been tainted for so long, no one noticed it. Just saying that Ge Xianren died with his own body as the Emperor of Demon Suppression. In the vast Emei Mountain, except for the passing of Master Mingkong and the little monk Fahai, no one stood up and helped each other with righteousness, how could he deserve the word "mercy"!" He couldn't help but feel disgusted and despised at Emei.
The two novice monks did not notice it, and walked to the curtain with the lantern. The small novice monk said, "It's her!" He pulled a curled woman up from the bed.
Bai Suzhen had already had a murderous intent after hearing this for so long. As soon as the novice monk bent down, he immediately jumped out of Xu Xuan's back. The ribbon flew around his neck like a flowing cloud, and with a "click", he instantly broke his neck bone.
The tall novice monk was shocked. Before he could turn around, his neck was pressed by Xu Xuan's cold "dragon teeth" knife. He was so scared that he could not spit out a word.
Lin Lingsu laughed and said, "This bald donkey is extremely evil in his practice. He keeps the precepts on the top of Yunshan Mountain. Once he is obsessed with the man in the jade building, his quail clothes are helpless. He hurts people with poisonous hands, and his flowers are shattered. Where is the empty color now? He pricked his arms and missed his debt of lovesickness. This time he paid off his debt of lovesickness."
This song "Traveling to Sha" was originally a verdict written by Su Dongpo when he was the prefect of Hangzhou when he was the ruling of Lingyin Temple. It was appropriate for him to use it here.
Xu Xuan was about to kill him and his life was killed. Seeing that the figure of the Liu family's female relative was similar to that of Bai Suzhen, the dead little monk was about the same size as himself. He moved his heart and whispered: "If you want to survive, just listen to my arrangements honestly, otherwise I will chop you into meat paste and feed it to the dog."
The novice monk's face looked like earth, and he nodded repeatedly.
Xu Xuan said: "Where is Mr. Liu now? How many people are your temple planning to send to escort Mr. Liu down the mountain?"
Sha Mi said tremblingly: "Mr. Liu has been living in the temple for seven days, and the carriage is waiting outside the east wing. Now the mountain is full of demons and Taoist sects. The abbot sent my senior brother Mao Ziyuan to lead eight senior brothers to escort him back to Chengdu Prefecture..."
Chengdu? Xu Xuan was overjoyed. "Renjitang" had a semicolon in Chengdu and had a deep friendship with the local government. When he got there, it was like he was home.
The signals sent by the Taoist priests of the "Flying Sword Sect" before their death have mostly attracted the Taoist sects to the "Ghost Sorrow" canyon. Now is the best time for the golden cicada to escape!
He immediately grabbed a cockroach from the ground, stuffed it into the mouth of a tall novice monk, and forced him to swallow it. The novice monk thought it was probably a poisonous insect, so he was so scared that he was so scared that he let go of his hand. As soon as Xu Xuan let go of his hand, he hurriedly dug again, retching again, but he couldn't spit it out.
Xu Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, this 'Seven Poisons and Violent Gu' is very well-behaved. Without my instructions, you will not eat your heart and soul. But if you don't listen to me and have any bad ideas, it's a different matter."
He stripped off the little novice monk's robes, put them on himself, put on the monk's hat, turned around and bowed, "This female donor, I escort you back to the Liu Mansion in Chengdu, what's the point?" The lights were dim, and at first glance, it was indeed somewhat similar to the little novice monk.
Bai Suzhen then understood what he wanted and smiled.
The tunnel winds, the stone steps circling upwards, and after walking a full half of an incense stick, it was time to reach the top. The novice monk pushed open the secret door tremblingly and climbed up. Xu Xuan and Bai Suzhen followed him out.
The candlelight is like beans, the curtains are low, and the wing room is empty, with only a wooden couch and a thin quilt. The exit of the secret passage is located under the cushion in front of the Buddha's niche. If I had not experienced it myself, how could I have thought that such an evil and ugly world would be hidden under this simple and cold guest room?
As soon as the three of them jumped out, they heard someone knocking on the door of the room and whispered: "Jueming, Juezhi, are you okay?"
Xu Xuan pushed the dragon-tooth knife to the shaman's waist, and the shaman hurriedly replied: "Here, come." With nervousness, his voice trembled slightly.
Fortunately, the man didn't pay attention and continued: "The carriage is waiting in the backyard. Senior brother will soon accompany Mr. Liu. You have to pack up, don't expose your legs." After that, he hurriedly left.
The novice monk pushed open the door and led the two of them through the east wing corridor and headed towards the backyard.
Xu Xuan and the others took the antidote "Happy and Soul-Eating Incense" given by the novice monk, and were blown by the cool breeze, and the heat in their bodies disappeared.
The dark clouds in the sky were just beginning to bloom, the moonlight was like water, and the surrounding eaves were silver-white like snow. Outside the temple wall, the green cliffs were connected to the sky, a strong wind blew, and clouds flew away, and there was a sound of shouting and killing, and I don’t know if the various sects of the sect were searching for their whereabouts on the other side of the mountain.
The novice monk was extremely afraid, sweating, his legs kept weak along the way, and almost tripped several times.
Xu Xuan thought to himself: "Since the abbot of Bailian Temple asked him to escort Liu Yuanwai, then "Mao Ziyuan" must not be a simple character. Seeing his cowardly look, how can you not be suspicious? You need to think of a way to fight the world and take advantage of the troubled waters."
When I caught a glimpse of the kitchen in the corner of the courtyard, my heart moved and said, "Sister Bai, you are waiting here with him, I will come." I turned over the railing and swept into the kitchen.
The kitchen was pitch black and there was no one. He took out the rope ring at the corner of the wall and soaked it in the wine jar. It stretched out more than twenty feet away, stretching all the way to the haystack of the woodshed behind.
Then he put on a fire break, pointed the end of the rope in the kitchen, and then swept back to the corridor as if nothing had happened. He patted the novice monk on the back with his palms stained with yellow wine, and smiled and said, "You are all in love with wine, sex, wealth and energy. It's great, good. Let's go."
The novice monk glanced at the faint red light in the kitchen, full of suspicion, but he did not dare to speak too much, and led them into the backyard with trembling trembling.
There were towering pine trees in the courtyard, and a black-painted carriage was parked under the trees. Several monks led their horses to guard the side. When they saw them coming, they bowed their heads and bowed.
As soon as they lowered their heads, Xu Xuan immediately opened the Huozhezi, lit the monk's clothes on the back of the novice monk, and gave him a knife to the back of his heart. At the same time, he grabbed Bai Suzhen's wrist, staggered and ran wildly, screaming: "Ancestor Lihuo! Ancestor Lihuo is here!"
The novice monk was on fire, rolling and slapped, screaming in horror.
The monks' faces changed drastically, and they were about to come forward to rescue them. With a "huh", a fire broke out in the woodshed next to the courtyard. Someone shouted: "It's time to go! It's time to go!"
The horses were frightened and kicked their hooves, and the surroundings were in chaos. The monks pulled the reins of the horse, pulled their swords and held sticks, and shouted: "Awareness, escort Mrs. Liu into the car!"
Bai Suzhen covered her veil and lowered her head and walked quickly with Xu Xuan's support. As soon as she got on the carriage, she blew up behind her. The wine jar in the kitchen exploded, and the purple flames rushed three or four feet high, making the yard red.
Xu Xuan slapped his horse's buttocks hard and shouted, "Go! Go quickly!" He got into the car while the chaos, turned over and rolled under the seat.
The dark horse was neighing in pain. Regardless of the groom's scolding, he pulled the car and rushed out of the yard. The monks hurriedly turned over and followed closely behind.
The carriage was extremely spacious, and although Xu Xuan curled up under the chair, he didn't feel cramped.
He held his breath and concentrated. As the body of the car bumped and undulated, he looked out the door through Bai Suzhen's swaying skirt. He saw lights flashing, the walls swept back, and the carriage rushed out of the back door of the temple in an instant, and "rumbled" toward the mountain.
Lin Lingsu laughed in his belly and said, "I don't know the true face of Mount Lu because I am in this mountain. I didn't expect that you are not dry, but you are full of bad water. I underestimate you."
The carriage turned left and galloped, and saw the fires of Bailian Temple soaring into the sky from afar. The less it was, the more fierce it was, and half of the mountain walls reflected.
Xu Xuan thought of the women trapped underground and felt a terrified, hoping that they would escape this disaster until he reported the case to the Chengdu government.
The monks galloped on horseback, clamping the sides, and kept shouting: "Slow down! Slow down! Let's talk when the senior brother and Liu Yuanwai catch up."
Mafle shouted and ran down for more than ten miles before the two frightened dark horses gradually slowed down.
Not long after, the horses behind were well-fed and several more people rushed to chase after him.
Lin Lingsu said "Huh" and sent a message: "Boy, the difficult character is here. The other three are fine. The first person is strong and not under Ming Xin's bald thief. With your cultivation level, you have to hide from his skirt and hide from his eyes and ears...hehe."
Both of them were shocked. Mingxin was known as the "True Guardian Master" of the 72 Temples of Emei Mountain, and her cultivation was second only to Mingkong. Who was the person who came? He could have such a conscience? Before he could finish his thoughts, he heard the monks on both sides cheering in unison and shouting: "Senior Brother is here!"
Xu Xuan was shocked again, and the person who came must be the "Mao Ziyuan".
The horse was neighing, the wheels were rumbling, and the carriage turned to the left, blocking the eyes of everyone behind the cliff.
He gritted his teeth, took Bai Suzhen's hand, jumped out one after another, and rolled down the grass slope. The speed was extremely fast, and the monks were busy turning back and shouting, but no one noticed it.
The wind was howling and the rushing waves, and the two of them turned over and jumped up, rushed down eight or nine miles before stabilizing their bodies.
The sky is full of dark clouds, the moon is dark, the mountains are continuous, the grass is undulating, and a mountain stream flows eastward. I don’t know where I am. But judging from the mountain, I should be close to the foot of Mount Emei.
Xu Xuan looked back and saw that no one was chasing him, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Female donor, you are about to leave the mountain gate, but unfortunately there is no carriage to replace us, so we have to walk to Chengdu."
Bai Suzhen felt relieved and smiled slightly. She wanted to speak, but felt that her head was heavy and she suddenly sat in the grass. She was seriously injured and had not eaten for another day. She forced herself to gather her energy and ran so far, and could no longer hold on.
The cool breeze blew on his face, and it was hard to say that he felt comfortable. The two of them were tired and hungry, so they washed their faces by the stream and took a rest.
The valley was lush with trees and wild fruits, and it was full of wild fruits. Xu Xuan picked a few big picks and ate them voraciously. After eating for a while, Bai Suzhen sat cross-legged and adjusted her luck.
The dark clouds rolled around in the sky, gradually blocking the moon again.
A strong wind blew, and the pine waves were like waves. Dozens of green light suddenly floated in the dark valley. Then more and more, thousands of them were floating around, as if thousands of flying fireflies were dancing with the wind, and as if stars were shining, the Milky Way meandered.
Bai Suzhen opened her eyes, with a trance-intoxicated look, and whispered: "This is the Emei 'Buddhist lamp'. It is said that Mount Emei is the temple of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. On dark and windy nights, there are often scenes of "ten thousand holy lights facing Samantabhadra" in the valley."
Xu Xuan had never seen such a magnificent spectacle, but felt his chest was blocked and his sorrows were inexplicable. He thought of his experiences over the past few days, his 72 temples and Taoist sects, his women trapped in Bailian Temple, and his angry words... He felt even more mixed with the five flavors, and his indescribable desolation and melancholy.
Chapter completed!